Panamanian authorities confirm that the country will no longer be hosting the 2022 Central American and Caribbean Games. With just over four million inhabitants, Panama has become the Central American country with the highest number of infections (56,817) and deaths (1,209) from coronavirus. But two weeks ago, the organizers of the multi-sport event, in the […]
The unrest of the Panamanian population is shown on Friday in a wave of protests that defies the quarantine due to the Covid-19 pandemic and demands economic aid, labor measures and health supplies. In those rallies, whose calls continue this Friday, the main demand is that the poorest and the jobless can receive the […]
Panama continues to be on the Paris MoU White List for the past ten consecutive years, complying with the rules required by the Paris MoU and thanks to a low number of detentions during the required period, according to the Paris MoU 2019 Annual Report, published in early July of this year. Technical supervision and […]
Encouraging online sales so that customers can pick up products without getting out of their vehicles is the commitment of some Panamanian shopping centers to comply with the safety protocols that will be required in this new commercial reality. Due to the threat of the spread of covid-19, since mid-March, Panamanian authorities decided to close the […]
Mærsk announced that seven crew members from the container ship Rhine Maersk have been successfully repatriated to their home countries from Panama News of the successful repatriations comes amid ongoing uncertainty in crew changes suffered by thousands of seafarers still unable to return home after months aboard vessels. Rhine Mærsk’s seven crew members were transported from the Panama Canal […]
Entrepreneurs in the real estate sector estimate that in the Panamanian market the prices of homes in inventory could fall between 5% and 10%, due to the economic crisis resulting from the outbreak of covid-19. Although the construction industry is currently paralyzed because of the health emergency and the supply of new housing is not increasing, entrepreneurs anticipate a fall […]
Panama will tighten confinement measures due to an increase in Covid-19 patients in three provinces, where night curfews have been established, with more rigor on Saturdays and Sundays, the Ministry of Health (MINSA) announced on Wednesday. In northern Colon and western Chiriqui and Bocas del Toro all activities will be cancelled during the weekend, […]
Upon the signing of Decision No. 3 of the Free Trade Agreement between the two countries, a scheme will be established in early September to simplify the issuance of Certificates of Origin, based on current technologies. On July 22, the Panamanian and Mexican authorities signed Decision No. 3 of the trade agreement between the two economies. […]
In February, Cape Gazette readers Dana & Vicki Parrott set sail out of Miami aboard the Norwegian cruise ship, Joy. They were accompanied by their son, Drew & their daughter-in-law, Kim. The 12-day cruise included stops in Curacao, Cartagena, Bonaire, Aruba, Columbia, Panama & Costa Rica. “The highlight of our cruise was experiencing the Panama […]
Restaurants in Panama are in a “critical situation” that has forced them to close permanently to a thousand due to the COVID-19 pandemic, despite efforts to operate with home services during more than four months of quarantine. Nationwide “around 20-25% of restaurants have closed, which would be easily 1,000,” the president of the Association of […]